Food at Fihalhohi
Meals are served in buffet form in the “Palm Grove” Restaurant. Every week there are a few different “theme buffets” – including one really good curry buffet where the cooks are allowed to show off their talents. Spicy dhal curry, fish curry, chicken curry with nan bread, cucumber raika and a few more really delicious items.
Too bad the resort otherways needs to comply with “international standard” – meaning you will find lots of very average pizza and noodle stuff that is hardly enjoyable (at least when you`re spoiled when it comes to italian food). You really can´t compare it to European standard.
When you’re lucky, you find a well done chicken (red wine sauce! and bombay!) or fish dish (curries) with the buffet. Good tuna/cheese pancakes and tasty spring roles have been sighted, too! While the soups are again something you better stay away from, the salads and the deserts (like fresh fruit salads and yoghurts) are actually quite good. Also the sandwiches and burgers at the Blue Lagoon bar are pretty good as well.
However, keep in mind that the Maldives need to import really everything except fish, bananas and coconuts. Many fresh ingredients are surely hard to obtain and this does reflect in the quality and choice of food. But when you insist on gourmet food you don’t really travel the Maledives in the first place. Still overall, the Fihalhohi buffets are well acceptable and there are surely many resorts that are not as good when it comes to food. We also met guests that were really satisfied with the buffet and surely liked it better than we did.
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